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Bonny,

Just thinking about you today and wondering how you are doing?  Is the Chantix still working?

Oh yes!  Thanks for asking.  Today is day 10 (not even 1 puff) and I feel sooooo free.  I highly recommend Chantix with Dr's knowledge of course.  I also went ahead and quit the Chantix 5 days ago.  I just take so many pills that I wanted to drop one and though I have a few more urges it has not been a problem.

Take care

Bonny, my wife is going on chantix next week...have u got any tips for her? How long were u on chantix? I am going to be on the committ lozenge...good to hear u are doing so well on not smoking!! congrats!!

Here's some interesting data:

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU STOP SMOKING?
Your body will begin to repair itself as soon as 20 minutes after you stop smoking. Here is a list of common changes that you can expect.

20 minutes after last cigarette:
  • Blood pressure drops to normal
  • Heart rate drops to normal
  • Body temperature returns to normal (hands/feet)

8 hours:
  • Carbon Monoxide level in blood drops to normal
  • Oxygen level in blood increases to normal

24 hours:
  • Chance of heart attack decreases

48 hours:
  • Nerve endings start to re-grow

72 hours:
  • Bronchial tubes relax, making breathing easier - Lung volume increases

2 weeks to 3 months:
  • Circulation improves
  • Walking becomes easier
  • Lung function increases up to 30%

1 to 9 months:
  • Lungs (cilia) begin to heal, increasing mucus, cleaning lungs and reducing infection

5 years:
  • Lung cancer death rate for an average smoker decreases from 137 to 72 per 100,000 people
  • Lung cancer death rate for an average smoker drops almost as low as the rate of nonsmokers
  • Pre-cancerous cells in the lung are replaced
  • Risk of other cancers decreases (mouth, larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas)

Don - Congrats to the both of you!  The Chantix did make me quite nauseated so I took the morning dose right before bed.  Also I am a very small person and building up to the recommended dose (2mg-day) was too much so I stayed at 1mg at night.  I think that after a bit the nausea settled down but I continued to only take it before bed.

I did Chantix for the recommended 12 week course.  After the first week my smoking was cut by 50% due to forgetting to smoke.  It also made cigs taste like dirt so I was down by 75% to 80% very quickly.  The remaining 4 to 6 cigs a day I had to make up my mind to quit.

I can already tell that my lung function is much improved (day 11)!  One thing I read somewhere is to Never Take Another Puff!  so when an urge comes along I remember that along with praying.

Take care and keep us informed.

p.s. Thanks Hill.

Bonny, thanks for the info and encouragement!!! It's time for us we know....will keep all informed about our progress, or lack thereof!!

Have a great day!!

Bonny, I'm so proud of you, and anyone else that is able to quit.  They are so highly addictive - well, at least they were for me.  I swear if I hadn't developed asthma, I'd still be puffing away!  Lips turning blue was a good deterrant.

Go Bonny
Go Bonny
Go Bonny!

The little poem is "I'm a puff away from a pack a day".

I said that to myself a lot when I first quit, haha!



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